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Wood engraving

Scope note

A relief process in which the design is cut into and printed from the grain end of a wood block; distinct from "woodcut (process)," which is a relief process using the plank side of a wood block.

This term has 4,766 records attributed within our system.

Term type

AAT
Technique

Getty AAT term number

300053303

Broader Terms used

<relief printmaking processes>

Narrower Terms used

chiaroscuro wood engraving

Term used for

engraving, wood
wood-engraving
xylography

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

The Knight of the Burning Pestle

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

King Sleeping [Hamlet]

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Winter Has Come

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Sewing / L'Ourlet

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

The River Bank

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

The Manger

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Weathers

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Pegsdon Barns / The Hills

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

July

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

Cows Drinking

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Raverat, Gwendolen

MS 108-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: O'Connor, John
Illustrator: O'Connor, John

PM 290-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: Empson, Patience
Publisher: Washington University Libraries
Illustrator: Gibbings, Robert John

Double Crown Club Dinner CCXCV

Maker(s)

Printer: Carter, Sebastian
Printer: Rampant Lions Press
Illustrator: Gibbings, Robert John

PM 242-2003

Maker(s)

Publisher: Perdix Press

MS 84-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: Empson, Patience
Illustrator: Gibbings, Robert John

PM 368-2003

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Stone, Reynolds
Commissioner: Hofer, Philip
Printer: Offner, Elliot
Printer: Rosemary Press

PM 54-2003

Maker(s)

Printer: Whittington Press
Illustrator: Lawrence, John

MS 110-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: O'Connor, John
Illustrator: O'Connor, John

MS 114-2003

Maker(s)

Writer: O'Connor, John
Illustrator: O'Connor, John

The nun's priest's tale of Chaucer : newly rendered into modern English by Nevill Coghill

Maker(s)

Author: Chaucer, Geoffrey
Translator: Coghill, Nevill
Illustrator: Lamb, Lynton Harold
Publisher: Lane, Allen
Publisher: Lane, Richard
Printer: R. and R. Clark Ltd.

PM 268-2003

Maker(s)

Author: Fanthorpe, U. A.
Illustrator: Brett, Simon
Publisher: Clarion Publishing

An image of Print

April

Maker(s)

Printmaker: Ravilious, Eric William
Publisher: Lanston Monotype Corporation Limited

St Mark's Gospel : a new translation from the Greek

Maker(s)

Translator: Rieu, E. V.
Illustrator: Stone, Reynolds
Printer: Curwen Press

Almanack 1929 : with twelve designs on wood

Maker(s)

Illustrator: Ravilious, Eric William
Publisher: Lanston Monotype Corporation

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